Sep 13, 2012 - Grand Canyon

Wednesday, September 13, 2012 We left the campground at 10:28. We only had 51 miles to drive today. We were headed to Kanab, Utah, right close to the Arizona state line. The Sevier River was snaking/meandering along our highway. We saw a hawk flying and cattle and horses grazing. When we left the campground, there were blue skies and no clouds. License plates we saw were from California, Texas, Florida, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, New York, Oklahoma, Ohio, Massachusetts, Georgia, Kentucky, Minnesota,...

Sep 12, 2012 - BRYZION

Today was another glorious day. We saw 2 national parks today, and they were both stupendous. We left our campground this morning at 7:02 and headed to Bryce Canyon in our cars. We actually got there before they opened, so we just sight-saw all we wanted. Going early benefitted us because we avoided the crowds that would be there later on. The hoodoos we saw were spectacular, but it was very cold when we started out. In our travels today, we saw the Sevier River, the East Fork Sevier River, Asat Creek, Mystic River, Virgin River, and Muddy...

Sep 11, 2012 - southern Utah

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Sorry, no pictures today. It's the 11th anniversary of the devastation that happened on 9/11. We had our own catastrophe today, but nothing like what happened 11 years ago. Read on...Today was a travel day and we only had to drive 100+ miles. We started today's journey at 9:02 under overcast skies and gray clouds. It had rained during the night. We experienced light sprinkles to light rain during our drive. Traffic was super-light. Scenery was again breath-taking, seeing rock outcroppings/mountains all around,...

Jul 7, 2012 - Bryce Canyon

De Moab UT à Hatch UT Distance parcourrue 287 milles Campground Camp Lutherwood Je couche 1 soir Afin d'atteindre ma prochaine destination je dois effectuer un grand 3/4 de cercle vers le nord, l'ouest et vers le sud pour contourner les montagnes du centre de l'Utah. Le seul campground de Passport s'appelle Camp Lutherwood a environ 30 milles de Bryce Canyon et 30 milles de Mont Zion, je trouve la situation géographique excellente jusqu'a mon arrivée car le campground est situé à 2 milles de la route 89 dans une route de GRAVEL. Je ne nous...

May 31, 2012 - Hatch, UT - Bryce Canyon National Park

Today we drove over to Bryce Canyon National Park. Passed a farm where buffalo is being raised, pretty neat. When we go north should see more in the wild. It is getting harder to describe what we are seeing, but each park has their own identity. Bryce Canyon is not really a canyon, but a series of amphitheaters, a huge one at that. They are full of colored limestone spires called "Hoodoos" and they are everywhere. Hoodoos are formed when the top layer of rock-cap rock- is harder than the layers below it. We traveled to all the scenic...

May 30, 2012 - Hatch, UT - Zion National Park

Another great day! We drove over to Zion National Park today. We entered through the east gate on the Zion-Mt Carmel Highway, extremely scenic. The is a 1.1 mile tunnel that was built in the 1930's. Large vehicles, RV's and such need a $15.00 permit, they stop traffic and you drive down the middle of the road. My 4-door dually qualifies as large-too wide. After going through twice-$15.00 is cheap. The landscape at Zion is so different than anyplace we have been to. The canyon wall soar to over 2000 feet, but the colored limestone,...

May 29, 2012 - Hatch, UT

It was really cold last night-mid 20's. From our campground we walked Nixon up to the Historic Jacob Lake Ranger Station. It's historic because it was the first in the area-okay. Left around 10:00 headed to Hatch, UT for three or so days. We drove up the Kaibab Plateau yesterday, so what goes up must come down. Had a stretch of 6% plus down incline with curvy turns. The landscape was a lot of sagebrush. When we got into Utah, the farms were using irrigation in their fields. We stopped by a tourist traps at Moqui Cave, but they were...

Apr 28, 2011 - Red Canyon

Utah has five national parks, plus numerous national monuments, national forests and state parks. We took a day trip from Zion National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park, and on the way we passed through Red Canyon, a part of the Dixie National Forest. When we entered Red Canyon, we were startled by the bright orange color of of the rocks. They were the color of the orange barrels used to mark highway construction. Not only that, they were fantastic shapes. The photographs give you an idea of what we saw.

Mar 31, 2011 - Taxes and Chores

Today was sort of a rest day in that we were not on the road but as April is fast approaching, Bill focused on filing taxes while Sue cleaned the RV. We did take a break for lunch at the restaurant at the resort. It was okay and they did offer soup or salad as a side. Back to the RV to finish our chores then dinner and bedtime.

Mar 30, 2011 - Returning to Bryce Canyon

Today we went back to Bryce Canyon. Many of the walking trails were closed because of snow but the canyon was beautiful with its snow topped rock formations. We stopped at several of the viewing areas and took many pictures. We even found some prairie dogs out from their dens and some deer munching on the first grasses cleared of snow. It was a beautiful sunny day, chilly enough for sweatshirts but not needing hats or gloves. This is really one of our favorite scenery sights. We find it really spectacular.

Mar 29, 2011 - On to Hatch

Beginning Mileage 110474 Ending Mileage 110731 Riverside Resort & RV Park 594 N US89 Hatch, UT 800-824-5651 7/8/6.5 $32/nt After getting an early start, we stopped in Page, AZ for some lunch then went on to Hatch which is a small town along Hwy 89. The RV site is basically a large dirt lot with some strips of grass that are still brown. The sites are level though and there is a restaurant at the "resort" so it is satisfactory. We unhook and set up then are in for the night.

Sep 27, 2010 - Zion Nat. Pk.- Bryce Nat. Pk.

Sun 9/26 - Moved over to the southwestern part of Utah, 230 miles. We will stay in Hatch, UT while we visit Zion and Bryce National Parks. Mon 9/27 - We made our trip to Zion today. Record temps were set today, 104 degrees in Zion (it was in the 30's when we woke up this am). We detoured thru Dixie National Forest and found the fall colors very pretty. Then started with the Kolob Canyons in the northwestern part Zion before coming around to the west entrance of the main park. We had been told we could not get thru the east as it was under...